Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin with YouTubers. While campaigning on Wednesday for the youth vote on YouTube ahead of September 24th elections, Chancellor Angela Merkel said her favourite emoticon was the "smiley" and dismissed fears about a potential World War III. She confided that her favourite emoticon was the smiley, sometimes with a heart attached. Asked about the more serious issue of whether North Korea tensions and other international conflicts threatened to escalate into "World War III", she responded with a firm "no", adding that "we can avert such catastrophes". Speaking about North Korea and the role of US President Donald Trump, Merkel said "we must be very careful with language, generally.

Source: The Local August 16, 2017 14:48 UTC